Silent Vote Shapes Election In Wartime Era
The nation waits as 44 million voters decide if Roosevelt seeks a fourth term or Dewey takes over. A silent vote dominates race notes and polls, with women and service ballots key and turnout shaped by war priorities and wartime concerns.
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W. Davis
America
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Thomas E. Dewey
Roosevelt
Apa
EWT
Democratic’ Nationa Committee
Dewey
Pam
New York City
Repubelicans
Senate
Reepublican
Jon
Frre
Pennsylvania
Pramons Scientist Dies At Home in Paris
Dr awenmn carrer 71 a surgeon biologist and Nobel Prize winner died yesterday in Paris at home. He was associated with Charles A Lindbergh in the invention of a mechanical heart and held notable roles in science and medicine.
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Pramons
Paris
Awenmn Carrer
Wth
Charles A. Lindbergh
Yesterda
A Bit of Nature Study
A fragmentary notice mentions a horse in a nature study context and invites readers to call numbers 132 and 104 for prompt information, with another dial 242 for details. The garbled text implies a classified style ad or public notice about a horse and related inquiries.
Unionists Told To Return To War Plants
About 1100 to 14000 striking Mechanics Educational Society of America workers were ordered back to jobs at Detroit and Toledo war plants. The call, issued by MESA President George White and National Secretary Matthew Smith, followed talks with Army labor advisor Maj. Daniel L. Dolin. No settlements terms announced for disputes ongoing since Oct 24 at Electric Auto-Lite Co. plants. Col. Philip R. Faymonville warned the full resources of the government will be used against workers who refuse to return.
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Syuedo
Mechanics Educational Society of America
Union Oficials
Detroit
Toledo
Mesa Nations
George White
Navnal
Matthew Smith
Smith
Earl Streeter
Daniel L. Dolin
Army
Electric Auto-Lite Co
Philip R. Faymonville
New Facilities Provided by National Housing Agency in Ohio
The National Housing Agency authorized conversion of existing dwellings to add units in 11 Ohio communities to ease housing shortages. Regions cited include Columbus, Toledo, Chillicothe, Lancaster, Marion, Mt Vernon, Washington Court House, Zanesville, Sandusky, Cambridge, and Greenfield as part of the program.
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CcAuutum
National Housing Agency
Ohio
William K. Divers
NHA
Columbus
Toledo
Chillicothe
Lancaster
Marion
Mt Vernon
Washington Court House
Zanesville
Sandusky
Cambridge
Greenfield
Air Force to Aid Sixth Army in Eastern France
Allied expeditionary force headquarters announced that a new First Tactical Air Force will support Lt. Gen. Jacob J. Devers's Sixth Army group in Eastern France, mirroring Ninth Air Force operations. Maj. Gen. Ralph Royce will command two sections, a French unit and the U.S. 12th Tactical Air Force led by Gordon Saville of Winter Park, Florida.
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Sus
Allied Expeditionary Force
UPA
First Tactal Air Force
Jacob J. Devers
Sixth Army Group
France
Ninth Air Force
Bradley
12Th Army Group
Supreme Headquarters
Ralph Royce
U.S
12Th Tactical Air Force
Gordon Saville
Winter Park
Fla
Allied Gains Call Messenger for Latest Are Reported
Allied forces report heavy fighting around Budapest with Soviet tanks and infantry encircling the city as German and Hungarian defenders retreat. In Holland British and Canadian troops advance along the Maas front, claiming heavy German losses and 25,000 prisoners as they push toward Antwerp. The Messenger will broadcast results by telephone from the election board and AP reports for national and state races.
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Associated Press
Budapest
Danube
Buscharest
Red Army
Red Armyroops
Csepel Is
Moscow
Bucharest
Vienna
Reich
East Prussia
Goldap
Maas
Holland
15Th Army
West Holland
Fter
Rotterdam
Walther von Model
Antwerp
West Schelde
S-Hertogenbosch
Moerdik Bridge
Willemstad Ferry
Thoren Island
St. Philipsland Peninsula
Messenger
Board of Elections Office
State's Ward Held in Death of Child
A 26-year-old fugitive from a state mental hospital was held by police in the death of 18 month old Paulette Weisberg. The nude body was found face down in a shallow East Side Gordon Park stream. Albert Krinbring alias Daniel Thomas confessed taking the child from her crib and removing clothes near the park before leaving her in a ravine. Coroner Dr. Gerber ruled the death drowning with no violence marks. Krinbring had been committed to a Columbus State Hospital then Apple Creek Hospital. authorities said no charges would be filed due to mental illness.
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Cleveland
Paulette Weisberg
East Side
Gordon Park
Joseph Canepa
Albert Krinbring
Daniel” ‘Thomas
Sigmund Weissberg
Krinbring
Canepa
Paulette
R. Gerber
Gillet
Arthur C. Hopwood
Apple Creek
Columbus State
Hopwood
Iowa
Krin Bring
Filipino Traitors Face Trial in Leyte Board Created to Probe Disloyalty
President Sergio Osmena announced a board to investigate charges of disloyalty among Filipinos to the Philippine Commonwealth and the United States. The panel began deliberations today and will focus on alleged acts by Filipinos held in jail in occupied Leyte.
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TAC Pan
Wey, P.m
Sergio Osmena
Philippine Commonwealth
United States
Jall
Leyte
Dewey Victory Forecast Tied to 28 Ohio Districts
Emil Hurja of Pathfinder Magazine, once with the Democratic National Committee, forecasts a Dewey win in the presidential race with an electoral vote of 364 to 167. He bases this on 28 counties in 15 states including Ross and Belmont in Ohio that have voted for the winner in every election since 1900.
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Ross
Belmont
Ohio
Emil Hurja
Pathfinder Magazine
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Huria
Democratic National Committee
Yank Airmen Return To Attack on Huns Tod
American bombers and fighters attacked Western Germany again today as the Allies intensified the bombing campaign. The main force from over 1100 Eighth Air Force Liberators and Fortresses targeted oil refineries in the Hamburg region, while other units hit industrial and rail targets in the Rune Vales.
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Germany
Eighth Airforce
Hamburg-Har ‘Burg
Rune Vales
Three Are Fined in Sour of Woodworth
Richard Row and Zan pleaded guilty to driving while under the influence before Mayor Franz Woodworth. Row was fined 100 dollars plus costs, while Zan received the same. Charles E. Derry, Virgil Gilkey, and Rexford Nick Jonson also pleaded guilty to intoxication charges and were fined 185 dollars and costs each.
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Richard Row
Zan
Franz Woodworth Yesterny
Charles E. Derry
Harrisonville
Virgil Gilkey
Athens
Rexford Nick Jonson
Theft recovery leads to arrest in Athens
Athens police report clothing recovered from a room at 201 Diversity Terrace after a theft. The thief, paroled from the Boys Industrial School in Lancaster, was apprehended. Chief Grogan identifies Marie Martinine, 36, as a victim in a fatal Saturday shooting.
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Athens
Diversity Terrace
Chiefs of Police
Grogan
Boys’ Industrial School
Lancaster
Marie Martinine
Christ Gustenes
Martinalay
Air Force hits Malay bases as Leyte battle rages
Allied air and artillery attacks target Japanese positions across Leyte Island and Singapore. B-29s raid Singapore docks and Sumatra oil refineries in daylight strikes. US 24th Division advances toward Ormoc while heavy bombardment and Banzai counterattacks erupt around Dagami and Pinamoppan. Tokyo radio claims losses and extraordinary air activity amid reports of MacArthur’s return leaflets.
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Associated Press
Ormock
Leyte
Singapore
Sumatra
Leyte Valley
Ormoc
Bonin Island
Tokyo
Nippon Radio
Honshu
Japan
Liuchow
U. S
China
96Th Division
Dagami
Sixth Army
Pinamoppan
Limon
Mormoc
Seventh Infantry
Philippines
Pangkalan-Brandon
20Th Air Force
Cebu
Negros
Leytes
Manila
Saye Tlaizon
MacArthur
Sergio Os Chunking
Yungfu
Kwellin
Lichow
Monun
Live
Heavy Vote Predicted in Ohio Election
Ohio voters head to about 9 306 polling places for state and county races and two constitutional amendments. Gov John Brinkerhoff Brincker? slated a statewide radio address from Columbus at 9 p m EWT to close this bitter campaign as Republican hopes rise. Democratic and Republican leaders issued brisk predictions of victory or strong turnout.
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Ohio
John Brincker
Columbus
Athens
Albert A. Horstman
Dayton
Ed D. Schorr
Cincinnati
Wife of Attorney Is Dead at Pt Pleasant
Anna Castor Poling, 57, wife of Attorney W J Poling, died at 10 this morning at 2102 Mt Vernon Ave after years of ill health. Besides her husband, she left son Franklin, principal of North Point Pleasant Grade School, and daughters Betty and [name truncated]. Funeral services set for Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. In Kansas City, Cincinnati case: Carlis Markesberry, 32, arrested as leader of a $50,000 clothing theft ring, to be returned for federal charges.
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W. Wi
Anna Castor Poling
W. J. Poling
Mt. Vernon Ave
Franklin
North Point Pleasant
Betty
Kansas
Cincinnati
Carius Markesberry
Grand
FBI
Reward Offered For Ohio Baby Missing Ronnie Thompson
Dayton officials announce a 36500 reward for information leading to the return of 21 month old Ronnie Thompson and the arrest and conviction of his abductor, believed to be the nursemaid Mary Wilkey. Ronnie's father Pvt Arthur Thompson is reported in Europe, his wife a maternity nurse, with no word since the October 6 disappearance. The child was last seen with the nursemaid at Grandmother Walter’s home as she planned a hair cut at a barber shop.
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Dayton
Ronnie Thompson
Ronnie
Pvt
Arthur Thompson
Europe
Carl A. Jabs
Walter
Mary Wilkey
Coal Dealers to Provide Full Buyer Information on Slips
Washington OPA ruled that coal dealers must issue an invoice or receipt with full information on the kind and amount of coal purchased to every customer starting November 11. The move aims to aid enforcement of ceiling prices and ensure price controls are transparent.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Soviet Report Claims Fourth Roosevelt Victory Likely
Izvestia reports Soviet editors claim a last minute Republican fake plot against Dewey could sway voters and accuse American press owners of backing Dewey. The article suggests Hearst, McCormick Patterson Gannett papers push a pro Dewey campaign while predicting large turnout and a staged crisis ahead of the election.
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Cee
Szvesti i
Roosevelt
Thomas E. Dewey
Ameri
Moscow
Des
Dewey
al- Wwany
Hearst
McCormick, Patterson
Gannett
Izvestia
American Com
Washington
Eleanor Nists
Medill Patterson
Washington Times-Herald
Rochester
N.Y
Frank Gannett
Robert R
Ormick
Chicago Tribune
Lavestia
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Burma
Sirr
Oliver W. M. Leese
11Th Army Group
Joseph W. Stilwell
Preme Hpanaraprene
Allied
Call Messenger
Medina
Dan Herman
U.S. Army
England
Huns
Woodworth
SAMAR
Leyte Gulf
Daca
Pt. Pleasant
Doub
Orer and
Summaten
Nye
Hisory
Investia
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